Another Islander speaks out about a life-altering oil spill bill and urges P.E.I. government to act [Video]

A Charlottetown resident is calling on the P.E.I. government to do more to protect homeowners after reading about a recent oil spill very similar to one on his Montague property 20 years ago, which he says ruined him financially. 

Tony Carroll decided to speak out after he read a recent CBC report about a Sherbrooke family’s oil spill.

CBC News previously reported that Betty and Kenny Waite, both in their late 60s, were handed a $345,915 environmental cleanup bill from the province more than a year after a full tank of home heating oil leaked into their clay basement and seeped into the soil.

With no insurance coverage for the spill, the Waites are unable to pay. The province has since placed a lien on their home, meaning if they sell it, the proceeds could potentially go to the government.

Carroll said the Waites’ story brought him back to 2004 when he, his wife and their children were living in Ontario while Carroll worked on his PhD. They were …